Category: Testing and Qualification

For years, I have dismissed Virtual Machine Hardware version as unimportant. In fact, in this very blog, I may have advocated for leaving VM Hardware Version set at 8, to maintain full compatibility with both the vSphere C# Client and the vSphere Web Client. Unfortunately, thanks to Spectre and Meltdown, things have changed. Updating your… Continue reading “Virtual Machine Hardware Version does make a difference” →

If you have ever wondered when it time to upgrade VMware vSphere; you might want to consider the experience of the unfortunate and unwise early adopters of vSphere 5.1. The time to upgrade is clearly NOT the first public release of any new version of vSphere!

Unlike in previous releases, VMware took a good long time getting vSphere 6 ready. For the first time ever, VMware made the Beta version of vSphere 6 publicly available (all you had to do was sign-up) and was actively soliciting input on the Beta forums. The initial public release of vSphere 6 (3/12/2015) was, nonetheless,… Continue reading “VMware vSphere 6 is finally ready!” →